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#  VOICES

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### Happy 100 To the Grand Old Man of America

Written by Liz Amsden on September 30 2024.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29625:to-the-grand-old-man-of-america&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a2/079c-a24d2b86.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29622:how-wokeism-destroyed-america&catid=375)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 30 2024. Posted in [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [How Wokeism Destroyed America](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29622:how-wokeism-destroyed-america&catid=375)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Starting on April 15, 2024, this column began a series of articles that over the millennia, Wokeism in its various incarnations…

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Written by Ken Alpern on September 26 2024.

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Written by Liz Amsden on September 26 2024.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 23 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/65/077l-6551b981.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29603:wall-streets-monopoly-on-housing-corporate-greed-will-be-the-death-of-us&catid=375)### [Wall Street’s Monopoly on Housing: Corporate Greed Will Be the Death of Us.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29603:wall-streets-monopoly-on-housing-corporate-greed-will-be-the-death-of-us&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on September 23 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/077a-8c92a551.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29602:turning-the-political-page-romero-becomes-a-registered-republican&catid=375)### [Turning The Political Page: Romero Becomes A Registered Republican!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29602:turning-the-political-page-romero-becomes-a-registered-republican&catid=375)

Written by Nick Antonicello on September 23 2024.

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Written by Peter Certo on September 23 2024.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 19 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/bb/076l-bbd6c5eb.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29580:clickbait-the-dangers-of-the-disposable-society&catid=375)### [Clickbait – The Dangers of the Disposable Society](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29580:clickbait-the-dangers-of-the-disposable-society&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on September 19 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/aa/075o-aa183a54.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29556:don-the-con-man-rides-again&catid=375)### [Don the Con Man Rides Again](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29556:don-the-con-man-rides-again&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on September 16 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/2c/075c-2ccdfc26.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29545:instagram-polls-how-to-get-more-votes-in-2024&catid=375)### [Instagram Polls: How to Get More Votes in 2024 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29545:instagram-polls-how-to-get-more-votes-in-2024&catid=375)

Written by CityWatch on September 16 2024.

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Written by CityWatch on September 15 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f2/074q-f2724607.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29541:will-corporate-landlords-spend-100-million-to-kill-prop-33-and-silence-ahf&catid=375)### [Will Corporate Landlords Spend $100 Million to Kill Prop 33 and Silence AHF?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29541:will-corporate-landlords-spend-100-million-to-kill-prop-33-and-silence-ahf&catid=375)

Written by Patrick Range McDonald on September 12 2024.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/074m-e78355af.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29537:the-exponentially-rising-risks-of-a-i&catid=375)### [The Exponentially Rising Risks of A.I.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29537:the-exponentially-rising-risks-of-a-i&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on September 12 2024.

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Written by Julia Conley on September 12 2024.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 09 2024.

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Written by Liz Amsden on September 09 2024.

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Written by Bernard C. Parks on September 09 2024.

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Written by Michael Weinstein on September 09 2024.

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